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Published 14 Feb 2025, 10:11 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Main Contractor for LARIF 2a Animal Holding Facilities Relocation

Official notice

Authority: University Of Edinburgh (Education)

WorksRestricted procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£2,000,000exc. VAT27.6% above published estimate
Submissions closed 18 Mar 2025awarded 28 Oct 2025
Awarded to Clark Contracts Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Edinburgh has appointed a single supplier as Main Contractor to undertake the construction of the LARIF Phase 2a project.

The contract commencement date is 28th October 2025, for a period of 90 weeks, involving a 3-week mobilisation period, 35-week construction period, and 52-week defects liability period.

CPV: Agricultural buildings construction work · Construction work

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£2,000,000
Delivery: Scotland
Second stage: up to 5 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 50
  • Price: 50
Conditions of participation2
  • Condition of participation
    no text published
    Minimum: SPD Statement 4B.1.1 Bidders will be required to have a “general” yearly turnover threshold value of 4,000,000 GBP for the last three years prior to the date of proposed contract award. SPD Statement 4B.5.1 It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to …
  • Technical & professional ability

    SPD Reference 4C.1

    Provide information for 2 relevant construction projects that your organisation has been the Main Contractor for in the past 5 years, which are at least over 1.5M GBP in value, that demonstrate your organisation has the relevant experience in delivering works of a comparative nature, similar scale and complexity as described in the project description (i.e. construction of a steel structure shed for agricultural / industrial purposes; countryside location of the city; and working on a rural site with operational animal / agricultural / campus / research facilities in close proximity).

    Your response should include as a minimum:

    Description of the project.

    Initial & final construction value.

    Initial & final contract start and completion dates.

    Location (incl. whether city centre or countryside/rural).

    Name & address of the client contact to provide the University with a reference.

    Coloured images of the interior & exterior.

    Contract type.

    Any partners or sub-contractors who were used to deliver the project.

    NOTE: If you are unable to provide any examples, please explain why you cannot provide examples.

    NOTE: Please also include the name of each Customer Organisation along with their contact details i.e. Name, Telephone Number, email address to provide the University with a reference.

    Your examples must be from within the last 5 years. They do not need to be fully complete but if they are not finished must be no more than two months from practical completion.…

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
14 Feb 2025, 10:11 GMT
Last source update
11 Nov 2025, 16:29 GMT
Authority reference
EC1044
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-072953
Classification (CPV)
Agricultural buildings construction workConstruction work
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04df0e Find a Tender

Publisher note: (SC Ref:815536)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/web/login.html ↗

Submission deadline
18 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

18 Mar 2025 → 11 Nov 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    18 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    3 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published350 days ago
    11 Nov 2025, 16:29 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    11 Nov 2025, 16:29 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,552,8701 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 42 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Clark Contracts Ltd£2,552,870 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 072953-2025-EC1044-1 · Clark Contracts Ltd

    Signed
    28 Oct 2025
    Value
    £2,552,870
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University Of Edinburgh

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1HTContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Edinburgh Sheriff Court & Justice of the Peace CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.